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JOHNS, Arthur Leslie
| Service Number: | 3003 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Houghton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3003, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3003, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3003, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
When Arthur Leslie Jones was born on 23 March 1888, in Gladstone, South Australia, Australia, his father, William Arthur Jones, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Ann McCracken, was 19. He married Gladys Amelia Miller on 12 September 1917, in Yongala, South Australia, Australia. He died on 28 August 1947, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 59, and was buried in Payneham Cemetery, Payneham, South Australia, Australia.
Arthur Jones was a gardener and lived in Houghton, which is 21.4 km northeast of Adelaide CBD. On the 16th of July 1915, Arthur enlisted and was sent to the 10th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement. John’s embarked on HMAT A70 Ballarat. Arthur was seriously wounded during operations at Pope's Hill, Gallipoli in May 1915. Arthur was evacuated from the Peninsula with a gunshot wound to his head and left eye and returned to Australia in July 1915. Arthur arrived back in Australia 5 April 1919.